Despite our best quarantine efforts, it seems as though COVID-19 is going to impact America significantly. This is not to say there is a need for mass panic or that this will be a devastating crisis. But there will be actual problems going forward of how to handle this real and serious threat. There is…
Evie Fordham The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is testing its Presidential Alert system for the first time ever Wednesday afternoon and expects to send texts to about 225 million smartphones. “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed,” reads the text that will go out at 2:18…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Well, the wonders of capitalistic industry-created technological gadgets never cease. And in this story, we find out that the evil corporation Apple built Siri, the iPhone’s AI, to dial the proper emergency numbers in all regions when something wrong is relayed to it. In this case,…
File this one another instance of free market companies doing what government does better than government. Burdened by an increasing numbers of 911 emergency calls, authorities in Washington, D.C. are looking for creative ways to solve the problem. One possibility that is getting a lot of examination is using ride share services like Uber to…
By Steve Birr A pair of volunteer firefighters were suspended after transporting an injured 18-month-old infant in a fire truck to a Virginia hospital in late February, saving the child’s life. Officials at Virginia’s Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department pulled the two volunteer firefighters off the job following the incident, which potentially broke regulatory code….
A Palm Beach County emergency dispatcher has been demoted after it was discovered he was playing video games when he should have been patching through 911 calls. The operator left calls reporting shootings and hit and runs on hold for up to 40 minutes while he played video games. The Palm Beach Post reports: Communication…